[Yanel-usage] Problems with adding a new realm

[Michael Wechner]

Andreas Wuest wrote:

> Hi
>
> On 5.1.2007 22:44 Uhr, Michael Wechner wrote:
>
>> Andreas Wuest wrote:
>>
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> After pulling my <realm/> up above the test realm, it now works.
>>>
>>> Does Yanel somehow depend on the order in which realms are listed in 
>>> the realms.conf?
>>
>>
>>
>> yes. The very last realm is the "root" realm. Also see the root=true 
>> attribute ;-)
>
>
> So, why, if we already have a root attribute, does ordering still matter?


yes, because it matters for all the other realms, which can be nested

>
> Either rely on ordering, or rely on an attribute, but not both!


agreed, whereas the root attribute is there for historical reasons and I 
guess can be "out-factored"

>
>> I think it would be great to mention this within the documentation.
>> Maybe you want to submit a patch for the docu ;-)
>
>
> Honestly, I still don't quite understand it, so I might be the wrong 
> person to document this topic.
>
> But you could at least mention on 
> http://yanel.wyona.org/en/documentation/how-to-add-a-new-realm.html 
> that "thou shalt not, under no circumstances, addeth thy new realm at 
> the bottom of the realms list", or something along these lines...


I have added something differently ;-)

Cheers

Michi


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